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Tranquility / Depression and Diet / Friday: Civil War Museum

Love’s wounds never heal,
unless inflicted.
And Love
cannot seal
fate,
until your Love
you reveal.
Love,
My Friend,
is revealed
when the mind
no longer will conceal
what lies buried deep
within our very Human
Heart.

We carry
a reminder
of things that are not
and never were.
Why
do we remember
things that never were?

“You look at things
and ask why, but I dream of things
that never were and ask why not”– George Bernard Shaw

A strong vision of the future.

And when the dream is over,
will Love find you there,
wherever you are?
Or will you
still be waiting
with empty memories?

Each splendid evening,
through the lens
of your Heart,
you can see through all the years,Life looking back,
through the laughter,
through the tears.
But you see
with a clarity
only imagined,
of what could be.

Through the lens of your Heart.

The willow weeps for me,
as I lay
beneath the tree.

” I sat beneath a willow tree, Where water falls and calls; While fancies upon fancies solaced me, Some true, and some were false.

Christina Rossetti

All things are vainthat wax and wane,for which we waste our breath;Love only doth not waneand is not vain,Love onlyoutlives death.”

To the floor
of the Forest
and back into being –
into the Beautiful Trees
from whence they came:
Flowering Perfection,
Resurrection,
in language never understood.

Back into being.

Visions
of a journey back home,
of Hope sustaining,
Life remaining,
a wistful window onto the very Soul
of what was and is,
of what will be.

Language never understood

Yes,God is neigh,
nearer to Thee
than we can ever see.
So near,
He is far away.
Your Father is always with you,
and within,
whispering Love,
whispering Hope
forever and ever,
Amen.

“The Word is nigh Thee, even in thy mouth, and in thy Heart.”– Romans 10:8

Yes,
Life begins again.
And Love,
only Love,
shows the
way.

“Why is it that people who seem to have
so much less,seem so much more Happy?”– L Lee

.
Side by side,
My Friend,we come alive.

But dense and hallucinatory,
the World we have created
in our anger
and our shame,
gives little chance
for our children
to mend.

Dreams pull reality from the Heart.

The faint winds of memory
sweep by,
and the chill
is to the bone.

The path of time
circles round,
to find us
at last bound
for home.
Black and white moments
colored
by Grace
and time,
and soothed
by our Artist’s
Loving Hand.

“Fading light dims the sight
And a star gems the sky, gleaming bright
From afar, drawing near
Falls the night.

Thanks and praise for our days Neath the sun, neath the stars, neath the sky As we go, this we knowGod is nigh.”
– Rukard Hurd

Bewilderment, meaningless,
the final denouement,
the awaiting resolution,
of yet
another twist of fate,
another day.

And what
does it really mean?

Lindsey Stirling

“You know, I’ve realized thata lot of timesI failedto see the Beautythat is in the momentsand the peoplethat surround meevery single day.

[This] reminds me of a time when I honestly felt like no one could see the Beauty in me. And maybe, that’s something yourelate to, because you think that no one sees the Beauty in you.Please knowthat there is a Giftinside of YOU.”– Lindsey Stirling

With a strong Belief,
and our Trust in God,
Prayers become Visionsthat bear a remarkable semblance
of impending Salvation,
creating unshakeable Faith
that transforms Reality
in the beautiful shape
of Love,
and into dreams
that come true.

“Now the years are rolling by me. They are rockin’ evenly. I am older than I once was And younger than I’ll be. But that’s not unusual. No, it isn’t strange. After changes upon changes We are more or less the same.”–Paul Simon

We pay dearly
for news
that is neigh.
Endless
are the string of indignities.

Never quiet, eerie,
at once charming,
but disarming,
our fears come to
delude us.We think, rather than feel.
Our minds imagine,
but only the Heart,
My Friend,
will reveal.

And in reading
the Sacred Scripture of God,
we find beautiful
Floral Arrangements,
in form of words
that sparkle with the delight of
Hope,
and the zest
of a red, red Rose,

Empowered
through Prayer
by the Holy Spirit,
with a strong vision of the future,
we can be made
whole again.

Here’s to the night
that births the
Dawn,
to moments
that birth delight,
to Love everlasting,
Love within sight,
giving birth
to song
we listen to
all through the night.

The horizon of your dreams will finally be seen.

And here’s to the weariness
of day,
to make our rest
truly felt,
a memory
to stay.

“How can the light
that burned so brightly
Suddenly burn so pale?
Is it a kind of shadowReaching into the night,Wandering over the hills unseen.Or is it a dream?

There’s a high wind in the trees,A cold sound in the air,And nobody ever knows when you go,And where do you start?Oh,
into the dark?– Mike Batt

My Precious Friend,
the desolation
of Life
can end.
No languid thing of Beauty
is Tranquility.
It shines within
through the years.
And in that moment,
in the Beauty of the hour you Believe,
in that Tranquil moment,
the horizon of your dreams
will finally be seen.

Goodnight.

“To see a World in a Grain of SandAnd a Heaven in a Wild Flower,Hold Infinity in the palm of your handAnd Eternity in an hour.”
– William Blake

From our friends at the Underground Health Reporter:
Is Your Diet Causing Your Depression?If you suffer from depression or anxiety or other mental illness, it may help to look closely at your diet. link between diet and mental health is just as strong as the link between diet and physical health. “There’s a very strong link between quality of diet and risk of common mental disorders like depression and anxiety,” Felice Jacka, associate professor, psychiatric epidemiologist, and director of the Food and Mood Centre at Deakin University in Australia, told HuffPost Australia.

Plant-Based Wellness

This new field of research investigating the link between nutrition and mental health offers completely new methods of treating and preventing mental illness. The mainstays of psychiatric treatments—pharmacological drugs – have achieved only modest benefits. Compelling evidence indicates that nutrition could be a crucial factor in combating increased prevalence of mental health issues around the globe. Clear findings are already emerging as to which foods hurt the most, and which foods help the most.

Jacka and her team analyze how different dietary patterns support or undermine mental well being. One clear connection the team has identified so far is between rates of depression and intake of processed foods that contain high concentrations of…

Fat Sugar Carbohydrates Emulsifiers Artificial flavors

Similarly, there is a relation between incidences of depression and low intake of healthful foods, for instance…

Vegetables Fruits Legumes Fish Lean red meat

“Even if you’re eating good food, if you’re also eating a lot of junk food, it can be a problem,” Jacka said. On the other hand, even if you eat little or no junk food, you can off-balance your mental health by not eating enough fruits and vegetables.

On Friday, 11-18-16
we will meet at the Texas Civil War Museum(817-246-2323) 760 Jim Wright Freeway (Loop 820).

Drop-off will be at the Museum at 10:00 a.m.

Pick upwill be at the ANDERSON SCHOOL at 3:15 p.m.

FINANCIAL:$8.00 for students & $10.00 adults. This fee funds our docent program on Leadership, slush fund for confederates re-enacting the war and not accepting of Robert E. Lee’s surrender, and entrance to the museum. Please pay Dr. A.

The MUSEUM STAFF is Battle tested & ready to teach. Note the steady gaze looking for ANY sign of misbehavior.

LUNCH: Following our museum tour we will return to school and enjoy a Thanksgiving Dinner.

GIFT SHOP: Yes! They have a GREAT gift shop with items related to the war we have not necessarily lost!

Uniform pants with a belt & red monogrammed school shirt are required. Unpolish your shoes, the rebels are recruitingthis week. This fabulous museum can be enjoyed by the entire family,

Students are NOT to leave the Museum or restaurant at any time for any reason, including the need to secure a ride, go off to war & whip the Yankees (which also requires a uniform, powder, good teeth to open the powder and gun) or use the restroom, without the approval of Dr. or Mrs. Anderson.MUSEUM RULES * No loud talking, running, or jumping or one of the Museum staff will get you. (They ALL look like ex-school principals.)
* Stay with your chaperone at all times. If Dr. A seems jittery, he has had enough! Just offer him coffee with extra cream.
His motto is: “One cup per kid!”
* Use clipboards for worksheets. Do not lean or write on exhibit display cases or walls.
* No food, drink, candy, or gum is allowed inside. Give these items to Dr. A., he knows (burp!) what to do with them.
* The museum has video surveillance & alarms so don’t be alarmed and return the muskets.
* They reserve the right to refuse service and rough up those who do not wish to follow the rules of conduct. Now, there are exceptions and one of them is Dr. A. He is a good guy and won’t remember the rules, and he already looks roughed up.

IMPORTANT DATESNov. 21-25 (Monday-Friday) Thanksgiving / Fall Break NO SCHOOL NEXT WEEK